Confirmed with Link: Canucks Sign Tom Willander to ELC

[TruGr1t]

No clue why this took so f'ing long, but at least it's done.

 

[Vector]

 

[Szechwan]

lol so after all that they buckled

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Classic Canucks shit sandwich for the fans

Toch is leaving
Willander signed
Foote hired

Next: Willander has been traded for ______

 

[valkynax]

Next: Willander has been traded for ______

Do not make me hurt you.

 

[racerjoe]

Thats great, but I think a better comparison would have been other 11th over alls bonuses. Since that was what the Canucks offer was originally.

Not that you had anything to do with what was on that tweet.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Told you all it would be ok.

 

[pitseleh]

Conor Geekie got 525-775-1.0 as the 2022 11th overall pick and Sam Dickinson got 550-800-1.0 as the 2024 11th overall.

Willander gets close to the same, but a bit less in year one and a bit more in year 2.

 

[alternate]

Ok good. Wasn't really worried, but did have some concerns about this being noise to justify a trade. Lots of young depth on the blueline now.

 

[wonton15]

Timed perfectly right after the Foote hiring lol

 

[M2Beezy]

Excellent news

Our d is looking fantastic :

Hughes Hronek
EP2 Mancini
MP3 Myers
Forbort Willander

 

[TruGr1t]

lol so after all that they buckled

This matches the front office's general negotiating strategy of ... hard line, hard line, hard line ... OMG CAPITULATE!

 

[Bleach Clean]

Conor Geekie got 525-775-1.0 as the 2022 11th overall pick and Sam Dickinson got 550-800-1.0 as the 2024 11th overall.

Willander gets close to the same, but a bit less in year one and a bit more in year 2.

It's very similar, which calls into question Rutherford saying they offered exactly what the 11th overall pick received the year before.

Robinson hinted that management increased their latest offer. They increased it to be 'similar', which implies that it was lower than this before.

 

[wonton15]

Aquilini saved the $3M a year on Tocchet then green lit the extra $200K in bonuses for Willander. He’s a genius!

 

[pitseleh]

It's very similar, which calls into question Rutherford saying they offered exactly what the 11th overall pick received the year before.

Robinson hinted that management increased their latest offer. They increased it to be 'similar', which implies that it was lower than this before.

The only thing I can think of is they wanted less money next year and more toward the back end. Given the ability to roll over bonuses that lets them keep any bigger payouts in the years after the OEL buyout penalty ends.

But the differences across contracts are all nickels and dimes.

 

[Diablo2020]

yesss thankgod.

Defense depth is our strong suit now.

We get to tell all the vultures to overpay or pound sound.

glorious day!

 

[Yultron]

Finally some good news

 

[Huggy]

Damn how will the negative nancies spin this.

 

[tantalum]

I for one am completely shocked at this turn of events.

 

[Flik]

This matches the front office's general negotiating strategy of ... hard line, hard line, hard line ... OMG CAPITULATE!

100% of the time, works every time.

 

[pitseleh]

 

[Vector]

The only thing I can think of is they wanted less money next year and more toward the back end. Given the ability to roll over bonuses that lets them keep any bigger payouts in the years after the OEL buyout penalty ends.

But the differences across contracts are all nickels and dimes.

I think that's exactly the Canucks reasoning and the source of the dispute.

 

[Bleach Clean]

The only thing I can think of is they wanted less money next year and more toward the back end. Given the ability to roll over bonuses that lets them keep any bigger payouts in the years after the OEL buyout penalty ends.

But the differences across contracts are all nickels and dimes.

If that was the threshold to a deal, then this was all over shifting $25k to year 2...? (madness)

In that case, the Geekie Schedule A bonuses were not offered to Willander, as Rutherford relays. The $500k ceiling on year 1 contradicts that premise.

 

[Vector]

 

[F A N]

The only thing I can think of is they wanted less money next year and more toward the back end.

I think that's exactly the Canucks reasoning and the source of the dispute.

But wouldn't Willander's camp be happy to accept a deal where more of the bonus money is available towards the back end? Seems like it would be something WIllander wants.